Oak Hill News

Three Minden residents were arrested Saturday and charged with stealing 15 guns and a compound bow from a home in Oak Hill.

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting and banquet last week at the Holiday Inn in Oak Hill.

Oak Hill police say they found cocaine in plain view when they executed a search warrant early Thursday morning and arrested two people.

Fayette County Schools Superintendent Chris Perkins addressed allegations and questions raised by board president David Arritt and former superintendent Matt Edwards regarding the possibility that the school system illegally used taxpayer money to promote the recently defeated bond which was intended to consolidate four high schools.

Two Kanawha County men have been arrested after Fayette County authorities say they broke into a cell phone tower site and stole copper wire.

Henry Clay Jenkins faces new charges of domestic battery. OAK HILL- -- A Fayette County man facing murder charges in the death of his son is arrested on other charges.

Josh Davis of Oak Hill washes the windows of the storefronts in Fayetteville during the sunny weather Monday.

Shawn Dobson of Fayetteville takes her 2-year-old son, Rad Dobson, on a bike ride along the Rails-to-Trails path in Oak Hill.

American Red Cross will sponsor a blood drive from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Nitro Moose Lodge 656, 101 First Ave., Nitro.

Although Fayette County voters overwhelmingly rejected the Oct. 24 $49 million bond call that would have consolidated Oak Hill, Fayetteville, Mount Hope and Midland Trail high schools, it remained the focus of conversation during Monday evening's board of education meeting.

The Register-Herald's Newspapers in Education program's first book sale has been a resounding success.

By more than a 3-to-1 margin, Fayette County voters rejected a $49 million bond issue Saturday that would have consolidated four high schools and helped fund school renovation projects countywide.

Two people were reportedly injured Monday evening in a double-vehicle accident in Fayette County, authorities said.

Kanawha County Sheriff's deputies say a female suspect allegedly stole a credit card from an Oak Hill business and charged over $7,000 to it prior to its cancellation.

Oak Hill's Victor Garcia battles Andrew Farley of Shady Spring during their Class AA/A Region 3, Section 1 semifinal Monday at the YMCA Youth Sports Complex in Beckley.

After months of heated debates, Fayette County voters will take to the polls Saturday and decide whether to support a $49 million bond call that would, in addition to several improvement projects, result in the consolidation of four of the county's six high schools.

Debbie Elmore said "mortar and brick" issues have dominated the Fayette County school bond debate.

A man accused in a string of Oak Hill burglaries was placed behind bars last week.

The Oak Hill Police Department is asking southern West Virginia to dig deep and donate to its "Shop With A Cop" program.

Beckley detectives said William Wriston, 50, of Scarbro was arrested Sunday night while he was allegedly breaking into Spartan's Sporting Goods in Beckley.